Hanwha Kim Kyung-moon and Lotte Kim Tae-hyung

Hanwha Kim Kyung-moon and Lotte Kim Tae-hyung meet for the first time in 6 years at the '5th place crossroads'

7th place Hanwha and 8th place Lotte, without a win, play 3 games in Busan from the 28th to the 30th

Hanwha Eagles and Lotte Giants, who are leading the pro baseball market with their upward trend in the first half of the season, will play three games in a row at Sajik Stadium in Busan from the 28th to the 30th.

The match between Hanwha and Lotte is drawing the attention of many baseball fans as it is intertwined with the rankings and the reunion of managers Kim Kyung-moon and Kim Tae-hyung.

Currently, Hanwha is in 7th place with 35 wins, 41 losses, and 2 draws, and a winning percentage of 0.461, while Lotte is in 8th place with 34 wins, 40 losses, and 3 draws, and a winning percentage of 0.459.

There is no difference between the two teams, and the winning percentage is only 0.002.

The gap with 5th place SSG Landers is only 3 games, so if either team monopolizes the series, they can join the fight for the top 5 in one go. 안전한 파워볼사이트

The atmosphere is not bad for both Hanwha and Lotte.

Since Manager Kim Kyung-moon took over on the 4th of this month, Hanwha has 11 wins, 9 losses, and 1 draw in 21 games, and is in 3rd place in the league with a winning percentage of 0.550 during that period.

Lotte is in 1st place during this period with 12 wins, 8 losses, and 1 draw, and a winning percentage of 0.600.

Hanwha is expected to have a serious competition for rankings in the second half of the season if Ryu Hyun-jin, who overcame his early season slump and regained his ace form, and Jaime Barria and Ryan Weiss, new faces on the mound, can protect the first to third starting pitchers.

In terms of starting order alone, Hanwha could have all three of these pitchers in the three-game series against Lotte.

Barria was first announced as the starting pitcher on the 28th, and the starting pitchers on the 29th and 30th have not yet been announced.

Here, Noh Si-hwan has also regained his home run title from last year by hitting two home runs and driving in eight RBIs in the last two games, which is also a big help.

Lotte, which is up against him, is the team that has shown the most fearsome batting this month.

Lotte's June team batting average (0.312), team OPS (0.863), and RBI (158 points) are all first in the league.

Even though there are constant injuries, the batting lineup is not showing any signs of cooling down, as players are immediately available to fill those spots.

In the game against KIA Tigers in Busan on the 25th, they were down 1-14 until the top of the 4th inning, but showed amazing tenacity by turning the game around to 15-14 in the bottom of the 7th, and ended up drawing 15-15.

Lotte, on the rise, won both games against KIA on the 26th and 27th.

This season, Lotte has won 7 games, lost 3 games, and drawn 1 game against the league's top team, KIA, and has been reborn as the "tiger hunters."

Lotte, who has now narrowed the win-loss margin to minus 6, plans to make a serious move when Charlie Barnes, who is out due to injury, returns in the second half.

The relationship between Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon and Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung enriches the story of this three-game series.

Nowadays, it is not easy to call a relationship between a teacher and a student just because they met on the field as a manager and a player, but manager Kim Tae-hyung does not hesitate to treat manager Kim Kyung-moon like a teacher.

The two played together as senior and junior at OB Bears from 1990 to 1991, and continued their relationship as manager and battery coach at Doosan.

Even after becoming a great general representing the KBO League, coach Kim Tae-hyung does not hide his respect for coach Kim Kyung-moon, saying, “I came to this position by learning so much.”

The last KBO League 'head-to-head match' between coach Kim Kyung-moon and coach Kim Tae-hyung was a three-game series held at Masan Stadium from April 27 to 29, 2018.

Coach Kim Kyung-moon, who was leading the NC Dinos at the time, lost the series with 1 win and 2 losses in a three-game series against coach Kim Tae-hyung, who had built a dynasty at Doosan.

About a month later, Coach Kim Kyung-moon resigned from his position as NC coach.

Although both coaches wore different uniforms than six years ago, they still respect each other and have a burning desire to win.

The biggest variable in the three-game series between Hanwha and Lotte is monsoon rain.

According to the weather forecast, it will rain in Busan on the 29th and 30th.